Darrington Ranger Station, WA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Darrington Ranger Station's primary NOAA station, DARRINGTON RS.
The climate verdict for Darrington Ranger Station
Water is the standout signal in Darrington Ranger Station, Washington: 83.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 45/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 16% of scores.
- 50°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 45/100
- comfort score, above 16% of station-mapped location scores
- 83.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 190 days
- frost-free growing season
Darrington Ranger Station: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00451992 · Darrington Ranger Station, WA 50°F mean · 83.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,607
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Blowing Rock
- PRCP-WET 83.1"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-LOW 45/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,809 HDD
- STN-1 USC00451992
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Blowing Rock, NC (+ 0.2 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every WA station list.
- Darrington Rang… (this station) 50°F
- Hot Pecos National…, NM 50°F
- Near Blowing Rock, NC 50°F
- Near Wrightwood, CA 50°F
- Cold Pinetop, AZ 49°F
Climate Living Index · Darrington Ranger Station
Darrington Ranger Station: 46/100 · grade D
Darrington Ranger Station publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Darrington Ranger Station, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 45/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 96 calendar days | 77/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 190 days/year | 57/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.6°F · 17.9° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 83.1 in · 48.1 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Darrington Ranger Station · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Darrington Ranger Station is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 34.9°F and warmest-month mean 66.3°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Csb). Class Csb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Csb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 66.3°F
- Coldest month
- 34.9°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Darrington Ranger Station sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Darrington Ranger Station's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 38th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Darrington Ranger Station's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Darrington Ranger Station is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Darrington Ranger Station compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Darrington Ranger Station's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
45 16th percentile score exceeds 16% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 12.8" | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 8.6" | 18.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 9.3" | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 5.6" | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.7" | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| June | 71°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| July | 78°F (26°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.7" | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 3.4" | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| October | 58°F (14°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 8.5" | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 13.2" | 13.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 12.1" | 21.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 30, short of 90°F on every date, while 96 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 30°F near December 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 6, then returns to freezing around December 2, covering 96 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
July 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Darrington Ranger Station.
Where Darrington Ranger Station Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 83 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Darrington Ranger Station earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Darrington Ranger Station's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 40% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 7%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a 31.4°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- November, 13.2"
- Driest month
- July, 1.3"
- Wettest three months
- November, January, December (46% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
190 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,809
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
219
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WA closest to Darrington Ranger Station on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (50°F here).
- Altoona, PA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Castle Rock, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Donegal, PA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Hershey, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (83.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Point Baker, AK 82.3" · 0.8" off
- Mapleton, OR 84.0" · 0.9" off
- Valdez, AK 82.1" · 1.0" off
- Falls City, OR 81.2" · 1.9" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Darrington Ranger Station's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Darrington Ranger Station's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,809 annual heating degree days against 219 for cooling. Its 31.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Darrington Ranger Station's frost-free season lasts about 190 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Darrington Ranger Station's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.4°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Darrington Ranger Station carries 83.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Darrington Ranger Station's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Darrington Ranger Station, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Darrington Ranger Station's primary station: DARRINGTON RS (USC00451992). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Darrington Ranger Station; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Darrington Ranger Station comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.